Some critters are so small, they can’t make a species.
That’s the argument Laboratory Equipment describes some mathematical taxonomists (there’s a discipline for you) are making – claiming that some kinds of plankton are individually […]
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Mosquitos *taste* heat.
Science Daily has more on the strange, previously unknown sensory organ in insects: Notice how mosquitoes always seem to bite where there is the most […]
Red light beats blue mood.
Medical Xpress reports on the colorful work of Ohio State U neuroscientists who have studied the effects of nightlights on depression: In a study involving […]
(Can’t beat this headline) “How to regrow your head.”
Nature has the details on what it takes to come back from a decapitation: Knocking out a single gene can switch on a worm’s ability […]
Lab-grown meat: first taste “feels like a conventional hamburger”
AP (via Yahoo!) has the first reactions to meat grown in a petri dish rather than on a farm: Two volunteers who participated in the […]
Science Art: Sketch of a Decompression Chamber in Use from Caisson Sickness, and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air, by Leonard Hill, M.B., 1912.
People seem to like caissons (pressurized chambers used to build foundations underwater), or so my search referrals tell me. Well, here’s what working in a […]
Zookeepers baffled by spooked baboons.
BBC says that’s what’s going on in the Netherlands. The baboons were terrified, but no one knows why; The behaviour started on Monday evening, and […]
Watch your dog’s left eyebrow. That’s how they say they’re glad to see you.
Doctor Dolittle… well, not exactly. But The Telegraph reads dogs’ faces to see if they’re happy to see you: Animal behaviour experts have found the […]
A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – almost here.
BBC reports on the struggle to develop an early blood test for Alzheimer’s: A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the […]
Controlling rats with OUR BRAINS.
ExtremeTech introduces the technology of the supervillain – the brain-to-brain interface (BBI), a new device that lets humans control animals with their thoughts: Simply by […]
Grace makes the meal taste better (and singing improves the birthday cake).
The Telegraph celebrates the effect rituals have on our appetites, with research that shows saying grace makes the meal taste better: The study, by researchers […]
Meet the woman who found “the God particle”.
FT.com introduces us to the genteel, cultured Fabiola Gianotti – accomplished pianist, paleontologist’s daughter, coffee enthusiast, trained classicist… and the kind of person who hunts […]
Science Art: First test flight with an aerostat at Annonay
From “Collection 476, 1re série” collector cards showing the history of ballooning. They were printed in France sometime before 1900. The Montgolfier Brothers flew their […]
A book that’s physically older than Jesus.
Archaeologists in China have found a collection of bamboo texts – including copies of the I Ching, Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius and […]
SONG: Better angels.
SONG: “Better Angels” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media,” The Guardian, […]